Welcome to my visual art weblog! There is so much to remember and think about when it comes to digital photography that my purpose here is to document what I have learned and not learned. Isn’t it the journey, and not necessarily the arrival, through which we derive our most enjoyment?
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Posted 09-07-2010 at 03:20 PM by fotofinish (PIXelations)
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After much thought, I have decided to rebuild my main website, jerrygrasso.com. The reason I chose to do this is to announce my artistic direction change from photographer to visual artist. From this point forward, my works will begin to move away from general nature and landscape and toward some aspect of abstract expression. What this means to me is that my images will try to primarily emphasize shape, form, or texture in an effort to evoke some thematic idea or mood. All of my works will be...
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Posted 08-19-2010 at 04:35 PM by fotofinish (PIXelations)
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I was asked again by someone i work with to be one of the photographers to shoot the festivities for Celebrate India 2010. The proceeds for the day went to the D.F. School for the Bind Children in Kolkata, India. This was a chance for me to give back something to help out a worthy cause. It also was a lot of fun! The kids and the costumes were very colorful and creative as well as traditional. Here are a few examples.
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Posted 07-25-2010 at 06:48 AM by fotofinish (PIXelations)
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The creation below is actually my first attempt at visual art. It was an idea I had based on our recent travels. This one also has taken several months to get to this point, also about twenty layers in CS5. I call it “Pandora’s Box: the Bats of Cairns”. Here’s the intro:
While visiting Cairns, Australia, some time ago, one of the things that most impressed me about the town was the drama that occurs at dusk every evening. As soon as the sun begins to set, large numbers of fruit bats,...
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Posted 07-17-2010 at 02:02 PM by fotofinish (PIXelations)
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Well, this is my second attempt at visual art. I’ll show the first one some other time. Anyway, this second one, I spent 2 months of labor, 8 attempts, about 20 layers, and a gig and a half of size. I’ll post the image first, and the complete explanation of what I was trying to do at some other time. It is called "Daintree Reclamation." Here’s the intro:
This project for me evolved out of my recent Australian rainforest visit. This was my first rainforest and I was shocked...
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Posted 06-06-2010 at 10:04 AM by fotofinish (PIXelations)
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I’m done. No more photography for me. Why would I do such a thing? Why would I cast aside the years I have labored so hard and so seriously to improve my technique and train my eyes to be more seeing? Here are my reasons.
I have mentioned on numerous occasions in this blog during the past year or two about my growing boredom with “straight” photography. The problem is, that there are so many beautiful and artful pictures out there on the internet, my eye has become jaded. TV ads,...
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